Child hunger, food insecurity, and social policy

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 164, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 774-775

  Casey, Patrick H ^a   De Cuba, Stephanie A Ettinger ^b   Cook, John T ^c   Frank, Deborah A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; FOOD; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; HUNGER; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 77955402752     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.127     Document Type: Editorial

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